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ArticleReactive oxygen species (Apex, N.C.)2017

TNF-alpha Is not a Miscreant: A Hero for Basal Nrf2-Antioxidant Signaling.

Rajasekaran Namakkal-Soorappan

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Article in Reactive oxygen species (Apex, N.C.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Rajasekaran Namakkal-SoorappanCardiac Aging & Redox Signaling Laboratory, Division of Molecular & Cellular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL35294, USA.

Funding

Reductive Stress Induces Proteotoxic Cardiac DiseaseR01HL118067 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI NAMAKKAL SOORAPPAN, RAJASEKARAN · 2013 to 2021
$4.5M
Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms: Nrf2/Keap1 Signaling in Aging HeartR03AG042860 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI NAMAKKAL SOORAPPAN, RAJASEKARAN · 2012 to 2013
$145k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118067NIA NIH HHS R03 AG042860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

About three decades of intensive research suggest that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is a "miscreant". Although it is obvious that supra-physiological TNF-α levels are deleterious to cellular activities leading to a variety of pathological conditions, it is unlikely that complete removal of TNF-α is cytoprotective. Are we rejecting the basal physiological role of TNF-α as a reactive oxygen species (ROS) producer that is key and essential for numerous basal cell signaling processes? We believe that there are important protective roles for TNF-α under basal/physiological conditions. We propose that one such role is that of signaling through nuclear erythroid 2 p45 related factor-2/antioxidant response element (Nrf2/ARE). Confirming our hypothesis that TNF-α is necessary and sufficient for the basal activation of Nrf2/ARE transcriptional pathways, will change the existing paradigms on the function of TNF-α. This article briefly reviews the canonical role of TNF-α as miscreant and introduces a new role as a hero in the context of Nrf2-antioxidant signaling.

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Antioxidant signalingMyocardiumNrf2TNF-alpha

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PMID34169151
PMCPMC8221039

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